Work
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Books
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a Master of Mutability
An ultra-polished survey of the artist’s works at David Zwirner — some not seen before — demonstrate how preservation and change can coexist.
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Books
A Modern Take on the Hudson River School Tradition
In his first show at Gagosian, opening Thursday, the painter Cy Gavin explores the land that has both empowered and inspired him.
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News
As Parisians March to Fight Pension Changes, Shopkeepers Nod and Agree
Angry protests over a plan to raise France’s retirement age pile uncertainty on small businesses, but most are siding with the demonstrators.
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Sports
Creator of Divisive King Monument Builds Sculpture for Super Bowl
The steel sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas features a football and will be displayed outside State Farm Stadium on Feb. 12.
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US
Regulators Find Apple’s Secrecy Violates Workers’ Rights
After a yearlong investigation, a federal labor board determined that the tech giant’s rules interfere with employees’ right to organize.
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World
A Risky Trade in Ukraine Grows Riskier Amid the War
KAMIANSKE, Ukraine — When the air raid sirens stopped, Olena left shelter and returned to the roadside, waiting for clients seeking sex. As Russian bombs crashed down, social workers saw H.I.V. treatments dwindle, and the people who need them ...
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Books
New York City and Its Discontents, in 3 New Books
Some of the most memorable fiction about sports centers on elite athletes with a penchant for the philosophical. They’re the main players in Chad Harbach’s “The Art of Fielding” (2011) and Don DeLillo’s “End Zone” (1972), and also in Matthew Salesses ...
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Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Really Think of Their Workers
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, recently announced that it would lay off around 12,000 people, 6 percent of its work force. Employees who were let go, some of whom had worked for the company for decades, got the news in their inbox. “It’s hard for ...
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Newyork
Are French People Just Lazy?
France has been gripped recently by a wave of strikes and demonstrations — protesters old and young, rural and urban, progressive and conservative, blue and white collar, all taking to the streets to protest their government’s effort to nudge the ...
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Newyork
Is ‘Workism’ Dooming Civilization? Notes on the New Pew Parents Study.
This week the Pew Research Center released a study looking at the attitudes of contemporary American parents toward their own lives and those of their kids. Among other things, the survey provides an interesting supplement to the themes of my Sunday ...